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Farming & the land, 1936

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The Highland Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 16

The Highland breed is probably one of the oldest, if not the oldest, of varieties of cattle in the British Islands. Before the close of the 18th…

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Cattle Affected with Mange

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 16

Where cattle are affected with this troubleSome complaint, it will be found as due to the presence of mange mites on the skin, so it would be well to…

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Mathoura News Wheat

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 4

Wheat is now coming in freely Many farmers have finished harvesting and are now casting Up to the end of the year 21,480 bags had been delivered at…

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Butter Production N.s.w. Record Broken

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 27

By producing 20,803½1b. of milk and 750.351b. of butter fat and 1135.071b. of commercial butter in 365 days, a Friesian bred dairy cow,…

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Stacking of Wheat Allowed in Railway Buildings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 6

The decision of the Wheat Silo Board in prohibiting the stacking of wheat in railway buildings where silos were established will be partly…

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Community Dips for Treatment of Sheep for Lice and Tick

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 4

"As shearing became completed in many of the areas activities against lice and tick eased off, but a number of successful prosecutions for failure…

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Wheat Up! a New Record for Years. SYDNEY, Friday noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

Another penny rise in the price of what to-day set a new record for the Sydney market for several years. The market was very strong, and…

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Farm and Station Orchard Pests How to Keep Them Under Control

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 16

Byrobia Mite.—(1) Spray, red oil, 1 in 20; (2) summer spray, white oil, 1 in 100. Time of application: Just before buds swell 3 weeks after…

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Italian Laborer on Murder Charge Lilydale Farm Tragedy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 31

Charged with having murdered Luigi Marchesi, at Gruyere, on November 1, Giacomo Tarca, aged 26 years, an Italian farm laborer,…

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Mulwala Crop Burnt Buyer's Narrow Escape

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 6

A bush fire broke out on Monday morning on the property of Mr. J.L. Seymour, situated about five miles from Mulwala, and immediately…

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Urban Farm Lands Letter From Minister

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Lawson, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Local Government:— I refer to your personal…

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Looking Back : Wool, Meat, Butter

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

AT the close of 1934 we reviewed, from the produces angle, the chief events of the year. Except for satisfactory lamb and mutton sales,…

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Breeding the Horns Off Cattle

The Independent · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

Amid all the arguments about the cruelty or otherwise of dehorning, cattle, some suggestions, by men who ought to know are interesting, Mr…

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Mathoura News Monday. Wheat Deliveries

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

Up to Saturday 24000 bags of wheat had been delivered here. The rise in price as satisfactory to growers, 37½ per bushed being paid on Friday…

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Wheat Deliveries to Corowa Mill

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

A record was put up on Tuesday last, December 31, which the total number of 5380 bags of wheat were delivered to the Corowa Mill…

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Germany and Wool. Efforts to Increase Wool Trade. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

Expressing misgivings at the reported intention of Germany to reduce wool imports in 1936, the President of the Graziers' Association,…

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Check on Sheep Stealing Motor Track Permits

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

When the Victorian Stockowners’ Protection Act, which was passed last season, operates throughout the State, the use of motor trucks to facilitate sheep…

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[?]Lendid Wool Prices Very High Averages

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

Mr. W. R. Clarke, of Deniliquin, has supplied us with information showing splendid average prices for wool on two Victoria properties…

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Half-year's Wool Sales. Sydney's Record. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

Wool sold in Sydney between July 1st and December 31st realised £11,015,171, an increase of £3,758,946 compared with the corresponding…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Good Opening Sales. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

under very strong competition from the Yorkshire and Japanese sections, supported to a great extent by the Continental section, values at the…

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